Automobile top stay strap



June 5, 1923.

e. s. AVEY AUTOMOBILE TOP STAY STRAP Filed April 25, 1922 I "enonen s. 'AVEY, or. GINCIlIINAT IlQHIQQ Patented June 5, 1923.

AUTOMOBILE 'rorsm 1 To whom it [nay CQO'ILG-QM." r e Be it known that'I, GnoRon S. AvEY,

citizen of the United States, and a'resident of Cincinnati, county-of Hamilton, State of Ohio, have invented certainnewand useful Improvements in AutomobilaTop' Stay .Straps, ofwhi cation- I q Thisginventionrelates toa stay strap whichis utilized for' securing or anchoring thetop or root portion of ;a-vehic 1e,top to ch sthe following is a specifithe body of the vehicle to pr'event swaying f vandloosening Osf the toppy ,l1.. 1 r k L In the usual type ofvehi'cle top which is attachedto and-supported on the vehicle body 'byribs- .a vconsiderable strain is placed 7 on the upper partof the-top, when raised',;

by the pocketing of air in the rear part of the top structure when the vehicle, is in motion'which tends toliift or pulltlieytfop from its .fastenings.-,'and valso bythe swaying of."

the top as the vehicle isjolted sidevvise, which tends to loosenthe fastening of the top to the .vehicle. Strap "deviceshave-been 5 proposed for attaching the top -or-' crossing part of theribs to'thevehicle body but these straps have-not proven sfatisfactor'y as they do not provide a gradual or; graduated shortening and tightening of the strap to adapt them to be usedfwhere the distance froni the rib top to the vehicle body does not Y correspond exactly-to the fixed adjustments a of the'strap or to adj'ust thestrap to'stretching with use. Moreover, thesestrap's have not been of a type Whichmay be readily at tached and adjusted to the top and vehicle.

An object of the present inventio'npis to provide an anchoring strap Which"may* be quickly-and easily attached and'z'a'djusted to'avehicletop Anotherobject of the invention is to provide' an. anchoring strap for vehicle tops inwhich the use of buckle's'is not required and in 'Which any, desired .adjustmentbf length and tautness may-'rbeobta'ined by reeving the strap to enlarge orvcontract loops which take up the length ofthe'strap.

- "A. .further object of the' invention is to provide an' anchoringstrap -for vehicles tvhich will remain in any degree of merit without fastening means. With these and-other'objects in v'ievvg the adj ustinventioncomprises the strap described and "set forth in 7 claims.

the following specification and illustratedjginv 'g; li-is a side was as siba y vention inplaceb-3?." v I ,In" the; present invention anchoring 1.. ;.st'ra'p isprovided which may be quickly and ,1 easily attached and. detached and may beeasily adjusted: to any :desired lengthv-Or; tautness. To'zthis end a strapfof-a=*suitable? v flexible .v material is foldedor 'reeve'd through i suitable eyelets to :forni aseries of; loops" I r ."Which:span1the 'distance betwenithe mem- :bers to be anchored and;othergloopsvvhich1, may. be enlarged?oi bontracted fatithe e'x-g; *pense otthespanningloops in sucha nian-v v a ner as to' lengthen o'rfshorten ftheiieflective Y 5 In distance between the fob jects tO-beanchored- The. strap preferably -formed:-.inw-'three loops 'itwoo'f which-span the'id-ist'an'ce be I tween the members; to 'be' anchored andq'the"; f third ofvvvhich'spansaonlya portionof:this,v distance and, i by being 'r'enlarged gvvithf a 5 3 length of-strap'idra'vvnfromi'the: spanning; loops may'shortenathespanningloopsand?" 3 reduce ;the length-whi'chgrthey fspa'nlfi For thispurpos,'one'end.oftheistrap'isattached v. toy-an end ='eyelet and; the other end is ireeved V 1; fthrougha'loop holderand a'JniddIeieyelet V t -.andrvback'through 'the'endeyelet to? form 'a .loop, then through another nend reye'let and 2 through the middle,eyelettdformva 1 iiid-; I dle'loop; the thlldx'OIGIld loopbeingj forrned -thy attaching the endofthe?strap'tothe-jsec 2 0nd end eyelet." a By reeving ithe strap back}? and: "forth I through the huddle. eyelet the Y midd1e loop' may 'sbeenl'ar'ged 'orcontracted f :and the end"loops;accordingly fcontracted el-(190 enlarged toshor'ten or lengthjen the distance". =Jibetvveenf,loop h'oldersi throughwhich these i loopsare reeved and whichi may be con-, ;-ne'cted f=:tof thexvehicleand it'slftopr Referring more"sparticularly t theaoc0mpanyin g drawing; anend'5 of -a"'str'a'p fi'forming the body of a; 'staystrap' A is in? Tserted through the" openingofan end eyelet 7 and, fastened byibeing"doubled uponfitself and stitched; =1 {rue strapis'tthen assedioverrlw n -or throughea loop5ho1der f85"folded dmflf l: wardly onfitselfand reeved, through a mid-i1 dle eyelet It is 3 then folded upwardly and re'evedzfliroxighthe endv eyelet 7 to form an end loop 10. The length of strapextending through the eyelet 7, is then folded down-.

wardly, reeved through" a second end eyelet 11 and folded upwardly to the middle eyelet. It is then passed through the middle eyelet to term a middle loop 12. An endv loop 13 which with the loop spans the distance to'ibeanchored, is; formed by tolding the strap downwardly, reeving gthrough a *lowerzloop holder 14, lfOlCllIlg 1t 1 upwardlyand attaching-it to the end eyel t 111in= the manner in which theother end is attachedto the upper. end eyelet 7.

fllhe loop holders s and 14 maybe of any standard or suitable construction. The uppe'rloop holder ispreferably-tormed of a "length of. metal which is bent" to rtorm an ofiset length 15 over which the end loop of tlreistra is reeved and end lengths. 16 and 217 inilwhich openings 18 are'formed for I "attaching. the holder to the ribs of the vehi- .iotithe vehicle. wT hi's book may be easily de iclestop. The loop holdermay be permanenta attachedtoithe rib by means of screws 19 pa'sse'd; through the openings 18 as indicated a i n'Fig. 2-,- o'r-smay be. detachably attached by meansauif depending hooks 20 extending downwardlyfromthe ribs as'shown in Fig. J1; wThe @lowerwloop-h'older Ll is provided with a hook '21 :which -may be inserted through the eye of'aneye-bolt 22 on the body andpll-may'be shortened and the strap-taut- .ened by grasping'th'e length bf strap commonito the endlo'ops and middle loop, indicated" in the "dra wings by the" numerals 23 'and ZQ-and'pulling a portion of strap from 'zthez'e'ndlloopsqthrough the middle eyelet to ,hthroughvthermiddle eyelet in this manner xenlargeithemiddle loop. It willbe apparma that forr every length of strap pulled oneahal-fiis used; lengthening the common iloop :lengths't 23frand 24' and the other half T'loop. aAs'thetotal length of the end loops dOl-and '13 determine the distance between -';-t-l'.l8 ,lloopmoliders Stand 14a will be apparent (as {the ,qniddl' loop' I and the length 25 are lengthenedgathe endloops'10 and 13, and

accordingly -:the' distance between the loop -iholders 8gand: l lyis'shortened andthe strap ta-utened. a Each [cha ge in i-innolvesc a; 1p ass age Tithe? loopwholders 518 ithe length of the s rap o-fzstrap' through each of and 14 andathe middle ieye e -itl ivehich creates comparatively large triotional. iresistancef to thevloosening ot the strap Since-Elle f'fu'll'rtensionf of :the; strap" is bolt .22. "If the upper in such a manner .as to tend to draw the strap from one loop to the I other,

- the trictionalresistance to its passage is'sufficiently great to hold the strap in it tautened or adjusted position without the necessity of fastening means. In attaching. the strap it therefore is only "necessary to hook the hook 21' through the eyebolt 22 and pull on the lengths of strap 23 and 24.

Similarl-ywvhen the strap is to be removed it is onlynecessary to loosen the lengths 23 and 24 and unhook the hook t'rom thejeyeloop holder 8 is detachable its attachment and detachment may be very readily accomplished but it is preferably'attached permanently to the rib top.

jIt will be noted also that the tensioniof the strapis' divided into anumber of strands each of which carries only a part of-the tension and that greater strength is ob.- ta'ined than it only onestrand wereused.

Having described the invention, what) I secure by LettersPatA claim and desire to ent is:

An extensible stay of the type '-de'- scribed which comprises a strap reeve-d to" form spanning loops extending between certain points and an additional loop hav ng strap sections common to two of said spanning loops, said"loops being arranged so that said additional loopmay be enlarged atthe expense of said spanning loops."

An' extensible stay of the type de scribed which comprises a series of eyelets,

a strap attached at its ends tothe end 'eye 'letsot said series and reeved throu 'h an intermediate eyelet to form a middleloop, said middle loop portion being reeved through said end-eyelets to form end-loops,

and loop-holders for said end loops, said end loops spanning the distance-between said-loop holders. 7

3. A'device oil the kind described which comprises a series of'eyelets, a strap attached at'its ends to the end eyelets of said series and reeved through an intermediate I I eyelet and said endeyilets to torma series :passesto an outer'lengthi25 of the middle of spanning and intermediate loo-psandloop holders in said end spanning loops, said 4. An extensible stay of-the type described which comprises a seriesoteyelets, a pair of loop holders, and astra'phavingone endzattached to one of said eyelets and-reeve'd successively through a loop holder, a m'iddle eyelet said first named eyelet, a third eyelet,

said middle eyelet, a second loop holder and having the remaining end attached-"to-said rthird eyelet, thereby forming thr tim connected loops which may be relatively enlarged and contracted tovary the distance between said loop holders.

5. An extensible stay of the type described which comprises a single strap foldedupon itself to form three adjustable loops, one of which is disposed centrally ofthe other two e v and in which the parts of said strap which vmeans carried by each end loop for SHPPOIting the stay strap inoperative position.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set myhand this 21st day of A ri1,-1922.'

' GnojsI vEY. 

